2()4 Sir G. F. IIani[)Son 07i 



irroratcd with hlack ; the ante- and postmedial lines 

 yellowish, slightly sinnous, arisinii: from yellow patches OQ 

 costa ; the medial part of costa wiih slight yellowish points ; 

 traees of a small blackish discoidal spot; tcrmen black with 

 a silvery gU ss ; cilia yellow with a fiery-red line through 

 them. Hind wing deep red suffused with fuscous and 

 irroratcd with black ; ante- and postmedial lines yellowish, 

 slightly sinuous; tennen black with a silvery gloss; cilia 

 yellow with a fiery-red Wnc through them; the underside 

 with whitish postmedial line d^-tincd by blackish on each 

 side. 



Hah. AsiiAXTi, Kumassi [IVhiteside), 1 ^ ^yp6. Exp. 

 18 mm. 



(24 G.) Herculia iristolis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax dull greyish fuscous, the head tinged 

 with rufous, the palpi yellowish; abdomen greyish fuscous, 

 reddish irroratcd with fuscous towards extremity. Fore 

 wing greyish suffused and irroratcd with fuscous brown, the 

 medial area reddish especially towards costa; a slight ante- 

 medial line with yellowish mark at costa; the medial area 

 vith yellowish points on costa, with fuscous streaks between 

 them; postmedial line rather near termen, pale, oblique 

 from costa to submedian fold, then bent outwards ; a slight 

 dark terminal line ; cilia fuscous, with a fine pale line at 

 base. Hind wing fuscous brown w ith a greyish gloss ; traces 

 of pale curved antemedial and medial lines defined by dark 

 scales on inner side. 



Hab. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 (J type; Old Calabar 

 {Crompton) , 1 ? . Exp., J 16, ? 22 mm. 



(28 a.) Hercidia albifimbrialis, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red ; tarsi and hind 

 \e^s grey-white. Fore wing pale cupreous red ; the costal 

 ed^e dark with slight pale [)oints on medial area; a whitish 

 antemedial line slightly defined by fuscous on outer side, 

 excurved from costa to submedian fold, then incurved ; 

 a small fuscous discoidal spot; po-traedial line whitish 

 slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, somewhat incurved 

 below Vein 3 ; cilia black at base, white at tips. Hind wing 

 pale cupreous red with slight dark irroration ; an oblique 

 whitish antemedial line slightly defined by fuscous on outer 

 side ; a curved whitish postmedial line slightly defined by 

 fuscous on inner side ; cilia black at base, white at tips. 

 Underside of both wings paler irroratcd with broun. 



